A Randomised Control Study to investigate the immediate and lasting effect of Muscle Energy Technique on the flexibility of Hamstrings.
Item
- Title
- A Randomised Control Study to investigate the immediate and lasting effect of Muscle Energy Technique on the flexibility of Hamstrings.
- Author(s)
- Young, L
- Abstract
- Background: Muscle energy technique is commonly advocated by osteopaths and other manual therapist to increase flexibility of muscles. No published study has been done on the immediate and lasting effects of the technique. Objective: To determine the effects of MET on both the Hamstring muscles in a sit and reach test to test flexibility, tested before, immediately after the technique, 5 minutes after the technique and 10 minutes after the technique. Study design: Randomised controlled trial study into the lasting effects of MET on hamstring flexibility over a 10 minute time period. Method: Each subject either received an isometric MET on both hamstrings or lay still for 1 minute as part of the control. The sit and reach test was used to measure hamstring flexibility before intervention, immediately after intervention, 5 minutes after intervention and 10 minutes after intervention. A Shapiro-.Wilks test was used to test form normality and Levenes test was used for equal variance, the data was then tested for significance with a one-way ANOVA test. Results: Forty eight students whom were randomly selected from the ESQ were used as subjects, ranging in age from 18 to 50, of these subjects 19 were male and 29 were female The descriptive statistics and charts indicate hat the MET group and control group were found to increase hamstring flexibility however the MET group was found to have a higher effect on hamstring flexibility over all time periods of the experiment (pre, post. 5 minutes, 10 minutes). However the inferential statistical testing shows that the change in the descriptive statistics was not significant. Discussion: The study suggests that MET may have an effect immediately after the technique has been performed and throughout the 10 minute period observed. However data analysis showed no statistically significant difference in the amount of hamstring flexibility between the experimental group and the control group. Conclusion: The results of this study suggest that MET may increase hamstring flexibility immediately and over a 10 minute time period but these results were not significant with the inferential testing. The study has shown to have a low power; a high possibility of type 2 errors and so further research with a larger sample size is needed for higher power to be considered.
- presented at
- European School of Osteopathy
- Date Accepted
- 2015
- Date Submitted
- 2.12.2016 16:55:00
- Type
- osteo_thesis
- Language
- English
- Submitted by:
- 62
- Pub-Identifier
- 15928
- Inst-Identifier
- 1229
- Keywords
- Hamstrings, Flexibility, MET, Stretching
- Recommended
- 0
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- Thesis
Young, L, “A Randomised Control Study to investigate the immediate and lasting effect of Muscle Energy Technique on the flexibility of Hamstrings.”, Osteopathic Research Web, accessed May 2, 2024, https://www.osteopathic-research.com/s/orw/item/553